Zia Orphanage Trust case

HC to deliver verdict on Khaleda Zia’s appeal against conviction Tuesday

HC to deliver verdict on Khaleda Zia’s appeal against conviction Tuesday

Dhaka, Oct 29 (Just News): The High Court on Monday fixed Tuesday for delivering the verdict on the appeal filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia challenging a lower court verdict that sentenced her to five-year imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust case.

The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman fixed the date in absence of lawyers representing Khaleda Zia.

On February 8, Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-5 convicted and sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years’ imprisonment guilty in the corruption case.

The court also sentenced Khaleda Zia’s eldest son and BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and four others to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment, and fined Tk 2.10 crores each.

Khaleda Zia on February 20 filed an appeal with the HC challenging the trial court verdict on her.

On February 22, the HC accepted the appeal for its hearing and stayed the part of the lower court order that fined Khaleda Zia for corruption mentioned in the case.

 

(Just News/ys/1600hr)